The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-03
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its stead. The young man did not observe the
change. Again Hermann appeared dissatisfied,
and told the young man to hold the handker-
chief up by corner The dupe opened his
hands, and the bits of cloth fell out. He picked
them up and handed them to Hermann, who put
them between his own hands, palmed them, ard
worked towards the ends of his fingers long
strip of cloth, which ne had concealed in his
palm. Then he shook out the strip, and said it
was composed of the pieces This he rolled up
and palmed, and turning his back to the audi
ence go back upon the stage, ne put all the
bits of cloth away under his coat and showed his
hands to be empty. Then he picked up lemon
from which the pulp had been removed, and in
side of which handkerchief had been placed.
He cut the lemon and drew out the handker-
chies. The spectators thought it was the one he
had borrowed. and they applauded. He put
poured some alcohol upon it. The pretty
young woman set fire to the alcohol with can
die. Then he extiuguished the fame with
sheet of paper in which he wrapped the embers.
He went to a table. rolled the package with his
hand into little well. and took up another
paper containing unscorched piece of cloth.
He walked down toward the audience pretended
to 1ss the piece Of cloth to lady with his left
and palned it with his right hand, which he
dropped to his waist. While the spectators were
looking at his left hand he concealed the piece OF
cloth in pocket just inside the edge of his coat.
He then placed his wand under his left arm, and
took from the POCKET there the ops 81. Ios
Placing his hand at gentlemans ear, he
dropped the handkerchief to the ends of his
fingers, pretending to take it out of the gentle
mans ear. and handed it to the lady.
The performer borrowed tall hat turned his
back TO the audience, put . handkerchief con-
tanning three eggs into the hat as he turned to
kerchief and the eggs from the hat The pretty
young woman with a short wand in her hand
went down the aisle and borrowed three rings.
Returning to the stage she slipped three other
rings upon the wand and handed it to the show
man, keeping the three borrowed rings con-
cealed in her hands. She then went behind the
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ing from the necks of three white doves. and put
the doves into the deep cover of q stew-pan. The
cover had false bottom held in place
by a spring. While she was doing this
from the wand into stew-pan, broke
the eggs and dropped them in, poured in some
woman brought out the cover and Hermann
placed it on the pan. He then released the false
bottom, lifted the cover. and showed the three
doves sitting the pan, with the borrowed
RINGS tied to their necks He placed one of the
doves the barrel OF pistol. and fired his
weapon. The dove was trained not to move.
He put the dove on a table, covered 1T with
handkerchief, dropped the bird through little
trap, gathered up the handkerchief though
the dove inside, weighing his finger in the
handkerchief to simulate the huttering of the
tween his hands very violently. Ladies in the
audience said, 'Oh" The Snowman shook the
handkerchief out by the corners and showed
that it was empty.
Hermann next got a programme. rolled it up
into the form of candy-horn, placing in it So
cretly a compressed packet of cut paper flowers
that he obtained from the pocket under his left
arm. Putting his right hand into the horn,
ostensibly 60 shape it better, he removed the
pressure from the packet and the paper flowers
swelled and filled the horn. He shook them out
upon the table, put his hand upon them to
range them and picked up another packet, which
he introduced in the horn while again adjust
ing it's shape. He repeated this several times,
un til about bushel of flowers had been shaken
out.
He then borrowed hat took a rabbit from
under his coat as he walked away, and put it into
the hat. Then he took the rabbit out of the hat
by the ears. While the spectators were examin-
ing that rabbit he held the hat close to his breast
with his right hand and put into it another rab-
bit with his left He took that rabbit out. Then
be placed both rabbits on the table, one hiding
the other from the spectators, dropped the latter
rabbit through a trap rubbed the re-
naming one, and said he had rolled
two rabbits into one. A confederate in
the audience had third rabbit concealed in his
inside coat pocket Hermann down.
struggled with the man, and pulled the rabbit |
out of his pocket Hermann returned to the |
stage, tossed the rabbit in the air, placed it
shelf behind the table when it came down, made |
q tossing movement again very quickly, fired a |
pistol with his left hand, and looked up as |
though he had thrown the rabbit into the flies. |
Tnen the curtain came down for an intermission; |
and it had all been easy enough to through |
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